Silly Season 2019

[tomhlord]

*If* Lappi moves, then who goes to Toyota? Suninen?

[tomhlord]

If DMACK comes back in with Meeke as a driver, MSRT will probably just look the other way.

DMACK ran out of marketing money, sadly.

[deephouse]

*If* Lappi moves, then who goes to Toyota? Suninen?

Sordo, Paddon, Evans, Meeke, Tidemand, Katsuta, Rovanperra, Breen, Ogier... There is so much to choose from..

[racerx1979]

Sordo, Paddon, Evans, Meeke, Tidemand, Katsuta, Rovanperra, Breen, Ogier... There is so much to choose from..

I would remove Katsuta and Rovanperra from that list...

[deephouse]

I would remove Katsuta and Rovanperra from that list...

That's you, Toyota heads are different. Ours opinion really doesn0t count who they will choose.

[AnttiL]

*If* Lappi moves, then who goes to Toyota? Suninen?

If it ain’t Ogier or Katsuta (gulp) , I don’t see Lappi going anywhere

[pantealex]

Even management has said that Lappi has offer from Toyota, so it´s 100% sure that nobody is replacing him...

He can stay if he wants.

But does he want ???

About those candidates:
Rovanperä has 2+1 deal with Skoda, so NO to Toyota
Katsuta NO, there are several drivers before him at line.
Tidemand, Toyota will not replace EVEN driver with EVEN driver
Sordo, not hungry enough
Meeke, one Latvala is enough, no need for 2nd
Ogier is not coming
Evans, I don´t think so.
Hänninen is not coming back
I would think Breen, Suninen and Paddon as TOP3 candidates

For Lappi it´s 50/50 staying/going, hard to say, no one knows.

[AnttiL]

That's you, Toyota heads are different. Ours opinion really doesn0t count who they will choose.

Rovanperä they won’t get. Yet. He’s contracted to Skoda for 2019.

[Tarmop]

I recall that Toyota`s policy was also growing developing drivers. Not R5-style, what they are doing with Katsuta and were doing with Arai, but a bit experienced young drivers with big ambitions, so Lappi, Breen, Paddon, Suninen and maybe Tidemand would qualify.

Paddon for sure can`t allow another half season, if he hasn`t given up...which is not the case i believe and Sordo was also keen on doing full seasons again. So probably one of them will move.

[Simmi]

I don't know but I'd assume that EVEN are shopping Lappi around a bit to get him a better deal from Toyota. Classic negotiation tactics, especially if they know Toyota want him to stay. So often in other sports you see people linked with another team right before they sign a new deal and stay put.